Zeke Among Best RB Career Starts after 4 Years

[CowboyRoy]

Zeke was just about the only reason i find the cowboys entertaining the past few years

a player i could look forward to having fun watching tote the rock

And did you see Zeke dominate games last year? When was Zeke unstoppable? What game did he win for us?

It seems that when the game plan was to feed Zeke and get "back to what we do best" we lost the game.

 

[Swagger]

More trivia for Zoners
Zeke Elliott is holding his own so far among some of the NFL RB greats.

Let me know if anyone else is above him, but from what I can tell he has the 7th best all-time start to an NFL career after 4 years (rushing yards)

1. E. Dickerson (6968)
2. L. Thomlinson (5899)
3. A Peterson (5782)
4. E Smith (5699)
5. B Sanders (5674)
6. C. Johnson (5665)
7. E. Elliott (5405)

Ahead of Payton, Simpson, Faulk, Allen, Dorsett, Bettis, James, Martin, Anderson, Brown (due to 2 gm seasons only), etc

Not bad. He's built to last a while too. Knock on wood

Not bad company!

 

[PAPPYDOG]

And did you see Zeke dominate games last year? When was Zeke unstoppable? What game did he win for us?

It seems that when the game plan was to feed Zeke and get "back to what we do best" we lost the game.

When you were young did you get hit in the head with a baseball?
Here you go bud (here below) in case that hit included the bat also.....

 

[Swagger]

When you were young did you get hit in the head with a baseball?
Here you go bud (here below) in case that hit included the bat also.....

Just keep feeding him

 

[Hadenough]

I cant believe how many haters Zeke has when he has been a top 3 RB since he has been in Dallas. The hate for him getting paid is unwarranted because his salary is peanuts compared to what he brings to the table. You let him hit the FA market and there are 20 teams fighting for him and thats why he was paid.

 

[JW82]

Already one UPDATE

1. E. Dickerson (6968)
2. E Campbell (6457)
   
3. L. Thomlinson (5899)
4. A Peterson (5782)
5. E Smith (5699)
6. B Sanders (5674)
7. C. Johnson (5665)
8. E. Elliott (5405)

Can't believe I forgot about ole Earl. A monster early in his career.

To make this list fair here are the games played over that period and the YPG. Had to add Jim Brown too. Only AP played in less games than Zeke. Based on Yards per game through 4 seasons he's 5th on this list.

1. E. Dickerson (6968) 62 Games 112.3 YPG
2. J Brown (6463) 62 games 104.2 YPG (used 5 seasons for Brown to get to 62 games)
3. E Campbell (6457) 62 Games 104.1 YPG
   
4. L. Tomlinson (5899) 63 Games 93.6 YPG
5. A Peterson (5782) 54 Games 107 YPG
6. E Smith (5699) 60 Games 94.9 YPG
7. B Sanders (5674) 60 Games 94.5 YPG
8. C. Johnson (5665) 63 Games 89,9 YPG
9. E. Elliott (5405) 56 Games 96.5 YPG

 

[Swagger]

I cant believe how many haters Zeke has when he has been a top 3 RB since he has been in Dallas. The hate for him getting paid is unwarranted because his salary is peanuts compared to what he brings to the table. You let him hit the FA market and there are 20 teams fighting for him and thats why he was paid.

People praise Prescott for his durability - perfectly fair enough and rightly so.

However, the same should apply to Zeke in a position where he takes much more contact. How many games has Zeke missed through injury over the past 4 years? What a trooper. Underrated part of his game along with his blocking.

Go Zeke.

 

[InTheZone]

Would be #2 but politician...

 

[tunahelper]

And think he missed some games for suspension.

Those missed games would place him in second if he played.

 

[DFWJC]

Those missed games would place him in second if he played.

Fwiw
We have an updated list later in the thread.
A few guys had been left out

 

[DuncanIso]

More trivia for Zoners
Zeke Elliott is holding his own so far among some of the NFL RB greats.

Let me know if anyone else is above him, but from what I can tell he has the 7th best all-time start to an NFL career after 4 years (rushing yards)

1. E. Dickerson (6968)
2. L. Thomlinson (5899)
3. A Peterson (5782)
4. E Smith (5699)
5. B Sanders (5674)
6. C. Johnson (5665)
7. E. Elliott (5405)

Ahead of Payton, Simpson, Faulk, Allen, Dorsett, Bettis, James, Martin, Anderson, Brown (due to 2 gm seasons only), etc

Not bad. He's built to last a while too. Knock on wood

I think a 10,000+ yds career is definitely possible.

his new RB coach had better be doing his job. Keep Zeke motivated and healthy.